CBC: 'A chance to say goodbye': Community of KI to hold funeral for 5 victims in tragic house fire

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The remains of the five victims who died during a tragic May 2 house fire in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation, also known as Big Trout Lake, were transported to the Sioux Lookout Funeral Home on Thursday morning.

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